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Cities along the Silk Road

This articles lists cities located along the Silk Road. The Silk Road was a network of ancient trade routes which connected Europe with China, spanning from the Mediterranean Sea to the Korean Peninsula and Japan.

The Silk Road's eastern end is in present-day China, and its main western end is Antioch. The Silk Road started about the time of the Han dynasty, when Emperor Wu was ruling.[1]

The Silk Road.

Along the terrestrial/land Silk Roads

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Major cities, broadly from the eastern Mediterranean to South Asia, and arranged roughly west to east in each area by modern-day country

The Silk Roads across the Middle East and Western Asia

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Turkey

Azerbaijan

Georgia

Armenia

Lebanon

Syria

Iraq

Iran

Central Asia

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Turkmenistan

Uzbekistan

Tajikistan

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Southern Routes and South Asia

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Afghanistan

Pakistan

India

Nepal

Bangladesh

Bhutan

 
The chain of cities along the northern route along the Taklamakan, probably based on Bento de Góis's itinerary, from Hiarcan (Yarkand) to Cialis (Karasahr or Korla) to Sucieu (Suzhou, Gansu)

China: The northern route along the Taklamakan Desert

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Map of eastern Xinjiang with prehistoric sites and the courses of the Folke Bergman, 1939

China: The southern route along the Taklamakan Desert

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China: From Anxi/Dunhuang to Chang'an (Xi'an)

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The ruins of a Han dynasty (202 BC – 220 AD) Chinese watchtower made of rammed earth at Dunhuang, Gansu province, the eastern edge of the Silk Road

Along the Indian Ocean trade routes

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Pakistan

China

Bangladesh

Sri Lanka

India

Ukraine

Sudak, Ukraine

Russia

Oman

Yemen

Somalia

Egypt

Turkey

Italy

In Southeast Asia

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Indonesia

Malaysia

Philippines

Thailand

Vietnam

List of Ptolemy

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This following list is attributed to Ptolemy. All city names are Ptolemy's, throughout all his works. Most of the names are included in Geographia.

Some of the cities provided by Ptolemy either: no longer exist today or have moved to different locations. Nevertheless, Ptolemy has provided an important historical reference for researchers.

(This list has been alphabetized.)

References

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  1. ^ Garraty, John A. and Peter Gay, eds. The Columbia History of the World. New York: Dorset Press by arrangement with Harper & Row, 1981. ISBN 978-0-88029-004-3. Originally published New York: Harper & Row, 1972. p. 129.
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